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...nearly everyone in the U.S. knows, John Ehrlichman was one of President Nixon's chief aides. Since Watergate he has avoided jail (without benefit of pardon), settled in New Mexico, and is still appealing convictions on charges that range from two counts of perjury to conspiracy to obstruct justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Modified, Limited Hangout | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

Ultimate frisbee is a non-contact sport, with players obligated to play the frisbee and not the man. Nevertheless, action often heats up as players use arm and leg blocks on defense, and jump and dive to catch or obstruct passes...

Author: By Jonathan D. Ratner, | Title: H-R Frisbee Flingers Unite | 4/19/1976 | See Source »

China came in for harsh treatment. In some of the strongest language from Moscow in years, Brezhnev blasted Peking for "frantic attempts to torpedo détente, to obstruct disarmament, to breed suspicion and hostility between states, to provoke a world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Tough Talk on D | 3/8/1976 | See Source »

...Alving is now the picture of conspicuously dignified widowhood: she bursts with maternal concern, bustles with philanthropic enterprise, buries herself in tastefully tweedy clothing. She also wages war in her living room. Her enemies are "ghosts": moral and cultural traditions that obstruct a free and happy life. As she explains to the straight-laced Manders...

Author: By R.e. Liebmann, | Title: An Affable 'Ghosts' | 3/4/1976 | See Source »

...York Governor Hugh Carey is not talking to his political muscleman and personal pal, State Democratic Chairman Patrick Cunningham. This silent treatment bespeaks no lack of affection but is part of Carey's effort to rebut accusations of collusion to obstruct justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Hugh & Pat & Bob & Arthur | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

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